Translator: Cheese
He also met Tiantian’s standards for a husband
The first day of the new year was a rare opportunity for Su Tian to sleep in. In her muddled daze, she could feel someone gently nudging her. She groaned and burrowed her head under the blanket, acting coquettish: “Sleepy, don’t wanna…”
She thought the person shaking her was He Qingwan.
The other party paused for a moment before resuming their nudging.
The youthful, slightly raspy voice that reached her ears sounded extremely close.
“Tiantian, you’re a grandma now.”
Su Tian hadn’t completely woken up, and her mind was still a bit slow to respond. She popped her head out of the bedding, looking lethargic and sleepy.
Yu Cai bit his tongue, and the pain snapped him out of his daze, stopping himself from reaching out to rub her face.
Yu Cai repeated: “Tiantian, you’re a grandma now.”
The youth should still be feverish, judging by his red face and glittering eyes.
Grandma?
Su Tian blinked her eyes, finally waking up.
What grandma?
After a short pause, her mind suddenly flashed with a realization.
She threw open the covers, slid into her slippers, and hurried to her room.
Yu Cai followed her, his face flushed.
Before going to bed last night, he was still feeling contempt towards the two clownfish for failing to meet his expectations and still not making babies, yet once he woke up, the mother fish had unexpectedly laid eggs.
The dense cluster of fish eggs attached to the rock looked like a layer of dragon fruit seeds wrapped in transparent pulp.
The father fish patrolled protectively around the fish eggs, constantly waving its fins to promote water flow and help properly incubate the unhatched fish eggs.
Su Tian lay outside the fish tank to watch, unable to look away. She liked them so, so much.
Yu Cai brought over the fish food and fed the hard-working young couple.
They were really giving their dad face, he thought. The mother fish had babies as soon as he came over.
He picked up more shrimp and threw them in the tank.
Let them eat more.
Su Tian watched for a bit longer before she remembered something. Reluctantly tearing her gaze away from the fish eggs, she asked, “Where’s my mom?”
Yu Cai: “Went upstairs to help Grandpa and Grandma pack their luggage.”
He spoke the words ‘Grandpa’ and ‘Grandma’ with extreme ease.
Su Tian gave an ‘oh.’ Since they were going back to the capital to visit Su Yuhe’s mother and father, it was necessary to get ready in advance.
Although Su Yuhe was not a good thing, the two elders had always been kind to He Qingwan. Back when the news of Su Yuhe and his mistress having an illegitimate child broke, the two of them beat him mercilessly. Later, when He Qingwan wanted a divorce, despite their reluctance, the old couple didn’t force her to stay.
When visiting elders, at least one’s etiquette should not be lacking.
Su Tian carefully observed him. “Do you still have a fever?”
Yu Cai shook his head. “It’s much better.”
Su Tian looked skeptical. Was he really better? Then why was his face still so red?
She reached over towards his forehead to check his temperature.
Then, she found that his face became even redder.
Su Tian: “… Forget it, I’ll look for the thermometer.”
Yu Cai resumed obediently following behind her, watching her search.
Normally, the thermometer was in He Qingwan’s room, but Su Tian was unable to find it right away. Meanwhile, Yu Cai trailed behind her like a large golden retriever.
When Su Tian bent down to search through the storage, Yu Cai couldn’t resist leaning in and gently sniffing the back of the girl’s neck.
Tiantian smelled so good. He lowered his head to sniff his arm. After sleeping in her bed last night, his body seemed to be coated in her fragrance.
So happy.
But in the blink of an eye, his mood fell again.
He had her scent on his body, but she didn’t have his scent on hers.
He thought to himself, this was really unfair.
“I remember my mom put it in here. Why can’t I find it…?”
Su Tian thoroughly rifled through the storage box, but she still couldn’t find the thermometer.
“Forget it, I’ll wait until Mom comes back and ask her…”
Su Tian stood up, and the moment she turned sideways, her cheek brushed against his lips.
They were dry and scalding hot.
!
Before Su Tian could react, Yu Cai jumped two steps back, like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He covered his lips with a shocked expression, eyes open wide, the spitting image of a little wife who had just been harassed.
Su Tian had also been a bit embarrassed at first, but after seeing his current state, her embarrassment flew away, leaving only amusement.
She cocked her head, looking at him with a smile in her eyes. She deliberately asked him: “What do you want to do, coming so close to me?”
Yu Cai: “…”
Boom. His already flushed face grew even redder.
His widened eyes were gradually stained with grievance. He glared at Su Tian with an accusing look.
Tiantian was so mean. How could she deliberately ask him that?
Too mean!
He just… just wanted to go a little closer and let her pick up some of his scent, too, that’s all.
“I… I’m going to go feed the mother fish.”
He dropped this sentence before turning around and fleeing.
Su Tian shook her head, giving a helpless sigh. Such a childish imp.
It wasn’t that she didn’t know that Yu Cai still harbored those kinds of thoughts toward her. In the past, she could sternly refuse him, but knowing his and Ji Shaoheng’s identities, and especially after going through so many trials together, she could no longer treat him like an unknown stranger.
Her heart wasn’t made of stone. Faced with the youth’s sincere and pure heart, even if she didn’t cherish it, she still didn’t want to toss it away like a broken shoe.
So troublesome.
When He Qingwan came back and heard that the little clownfish had laid eggs, she was even more excited than Su Tian. Afterwards, she found the thermometer and confirmed that Yu Cai’s temperature had indeed dropped by a lot, putting her heart at ease. Then the mother-daughter pair lay by the fish tank and discussed their plans.
The two of them were going to the capital for several days, but the fish couldn’t be left unattended. Since Liu Kaiyan and Xi Yun had no plans, they could give them the house keys and let them stop by and check on the fish every day.
While Su Tian and He Qingwan were chatting, Yu Cai was sitting on the side, listening with a flushed face.
His gaze was fixed directly on Su Tian’s delicate, pale cheeks. Sometimes he would lift a hand to stroke his lips, and sometimes he would stretch out his tongue to lick them. Then his face would glow as his mind wandered off to somewhere unknown.
When it was almost the agreed-upon time, Su Tian and the others were waiting downstairs in advance. Liu Kaiyan and Xi Yun had also come to send them off.
Bigshot Liu said concisely: “Come back soon.”
Xi Yun’s face was puffed up into a bun, showing the boy’s clear reluctance to part—especially since jiejie was leaving with that bad guy.
Although everyone became acquainted and knew about Yu Cai’s relationship with Ji Shaoheng after the Li Village incident, they still detested him.
Of course, Yu Cai wasn’t fond of them, either.
For example: now, Su Tian was coaxing Xi Yun, and Yu Cai was looking at Xi Yun with eyes of complete dissatisfaction.
If he weren’t afraid that Tiantian would be mad, he would have picked up this stinky brat and thrown him aside.
Ji Shaoheng arrived in the midst of their conversation.
The car stopped in front of their group, and the man stepped out of the car. When he spotted Yu Cai, he walked up with the urge to give him a kick.
Fortunately for the youth, He Qingwan was standing right there. Ji Shaoheng didn’t want He Qingwan to think that he had a habit of domestic violence, so he endured.
But Director Ji’s teeth were definitely cracking from how hard he was clenching them as he held back his burning desire to give him a beating.
He couldn’t move his fists, but couldn’t he still move his mouth?
Director Ji spoke through gritted teeth: “Ji Hang, you’ve really grown up, huh? Aren’t I1 still your guardian right now? If you want to seek death, wait until you’re twenty, and I won’t stop you even if you jump off a building.”
Ji Shaoheng was so angry that he blushed from his face down to his neck, and the old He couple came over to persuade him.
Yu Cai’s gaze moved up to his face. He replied evenly: “Yesterday was the thirtieth and also my birthday. I didn’t want to spend it alone.”
Even Su Tian was startled by his words.
Yesterday was Yu Cai’s birthday? Why didn’t he say so?
Ji Shaoheng was also dumbfounded. After he brought Yu Cai back, he had thought that the date written in the household registration book was the boy’s birthday. When he first wanted to celebrate his birthday, Yu Cai had said that that wasn’t his birthday, but when asked when his real birthday was, he refused to say.
Unexpectedly, it was on New Year’s Eve.
The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
The reason Yu Cai had never mentioned his birthday was actually very simple: even if he did, there was no one to accompany him.
Every New Year’s Eve, it was impossible for Ji Shaoheng to stay at home.
Perhaps it was because of this that even though everyone was still talking and laughing on the road back, a peculiar emotion lingered in the air.
Ji Shaoheng felt that it was not only because of the little brat, but also because He Qingwan seemed a bit distant to him.
Director Ji’s head was filled with fog. Clearly everything had still been fine yesterday, so why did the sky change after just one night?
He Qingwan turned her gaze away from the scarf around Yu Cai’s neck and stared out the window. She reminded herself to keep her distance from Ji Shaoheng as much as possible in the future so as not to be misunderstood by others.
Ji Shaoheng first dropped Su Tian and the others off at the gates of the Su family’s house.
He had no ties with the Su family, so he didn’t come out.
Su Tian and the others expressed their thanks, but just as they were about to open the car door, Yu Cai suddenly called out to stop Su Tian.
He took off his scarf and wrapped it gently around Su Tian’s neck.
He smiled, his face pink. “For you.”
He also knew how to knit scarves. This should satisfy her requirements for her future husband, right?
Su Tian climbed out of the car in a daze, completely in the dark about Yu Cai’s meaning.
Why did he always give her such weird gifts?
When she turned around, she saw Zhou Lan leading Zhou Pengpeng out from behind the gate.
The woman was holding a suitcase and looked extremely miserable, as if she had been kicked out.
But upon seeing her, she immediately puffed up like a peacock spreading its tail feathers.
She strutted over with Zhou Pengpeng in hand and smiled at He Qingwan: “Aiya, you’re here, Sister? I did say the Su family would always be your home. In the future, please don’t ever say that you’ll never come back.”
Before He Qingwan could reply, Zhou Lan turned to Su Tian: “Tiantian, what gifts are you bringing to your own home? You’re too polite. And you two must be Uncle and Aunt? You seem in good health. Please, come in, come in. Why didn’t you call me ahead of time…”
Su Tian interrupted her enthusiastic greeting and asked with a pleasant smile: “Aunt Zhou, it’s the first day of the new year. Where are you going with Pengpeng and that luggage bag?”
[1] 老子: I, your father
Cheese: yu cai giving his gifts and not getting his message across is like watching a male out in the wild doing a mating dance to a female of a different species
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